Cal Clutterbuck, the NHL's all-time leader in hits, announced he is retiring from hockey after playing more than 1,100 games over 17 seasons, including more than a decade as a fourth-line staple for the New York Islanders.

Clutterbuck's 4,029 hits are the most since the league started tracking them in 2005. He posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday along with a message thanking longtime linemates Matt Martin and Casey Cizikas and fans who made Long Island his home.

"I'm beyond grateful for every teammate, coach, fan, and moment along the way," Clutterbuck wrote. "Hockey gave me everything - a purpose, a brotherhood, and a lifetime of memories. To Matt and Casey - it was an honor to go to war with you night in and night out. What we built together means more than words can say."

Clutterbuck did not play in the league this season after his contract was not renewed last summer, something he referenced in making the announcement. His announcement came a day after the Islanders said longtime general manager Lou Lamoriello was not returning.

"Obviously I haven't played hockey in the NHL in a year, and I think it's safe to say that everyone assumed, but I'm going to make it official today: I am retiring from the NHL," Clutterbuck said in the roughly minute-long video.

Clutterbuck recorded his retirement announcement earlier this month after attending the Masters with his father and some friends.

"I couldn't help but think about how I would have never been able to do that if I were still playing hockey," Clutterbuck said.

Now 37, Clutterbuck played his first six seasons from 2007-13 with the Minnesota Wild after they drafted him in the third round in '06. They traded him to New York the summer of 2013 with a third-rounder for Nino Niederreiter.

Clutterbuck became a popular teammate and fan favorite, playing his final 794 regular-season and playoff games with the Islanders to reach 1,145 in his career. He helped them make seven postseason appearances, including two trips to the Eastern Conference final.

He posted that he recorded multiple times trying to deliver the news, ending the video saying: "I really have no idea how to do this. That's it. I'm done. See ya."

DENVER -- Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog is set to to play in his first NHL game in nearly three years on Wednesday night against the Dallas Stars.

It will be his first NHL appearance since June 26, 2022, when he and the Avalanche beat Tampa Bay to capture the Stanley Cup. He has been sidelined because of a chronically injured right knee.

Landeskog posted a video of his drive to Ball Arena, which he concluded: "Hey Avs faithful, it's Gabe here, just wanted to shoot you guys a quick message -- thank you guys for all the support over the last few years and I'll see you tonight."

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Landeskog was the first player to take the ice at morning practice ahead of Game 3. He went through a series of shooting drills before his teammates joined him

"I feel surprisingly calm and in control right now. I know the butterflies and the nerves will come I'm sure," he said during a pregame interview. "I found myself thinking about this moment a lot over the last three years. And now that it's here, it's the reverse -- I'm thinking a lot about the hard work that's gone into it, some of the ups, a lot of the downs, sacrifices and support I've had along the way.

"Thankful for everybody and all their support, but now it's go time so I'm excited to get out there."

Colorado's first-round series with Dallas is tied at 1-1.

Landeskog's presence on the ice could provide a big boost not only for his teammates but also for the capacity crowd. His No. 92 sweater is a frequent sight around the arena.

"Everyone is rooting for him. It's a great comeback story," Bednar said after morning skate. "I trust in Gabe's preparation, and what I'm seeing with my own eyes that he's getting close and ready to play. I think he feels really good about where he's at.

"Adding him back into our locker room, he's almost an extension of the coaching staff, but he's still one of the guys and the guy that everyone looks up to. You can't get enough of that this time of the year."

Landeskog's injury goes back to the 2020 "bubble" season when he was accidentally sliced above the knee by the skate of teammate Cale Makar in a playoff game against Dallas. Landeskog eventually underwent a cartilage transplant procedure on May 10, 2023, and has been on long-term injured reserve.

He was activated Monday before Game 2 in Dallas and skated in pregame warmups but didn't play.

Stars forward Matt Duchene was teammates with Landeskog and they remain good friends.

"We've been rooting for him to come back," said Duchene, who was the third overall pick by Colorado in 2009. "Obviously, it makes our job harder having a guy like that out there, but on the friends side, the human side and the fellow athlete side, I think everyone's happy to see the progress he's made. ... I'm just really happy that he's gotten to this point."

The 32-year-old Landeskog recently went through a two-game conditioning stint with the American Hockey League's Colorado Eagles. He has practiced with the Avalanche leading up to their opener in the NHL playoffs.

"He's looking good so we'll see where things go," Makar said. "For him, I know it's going to be a huge night when he does play. It's going to be really exciting for us to have him back in the room and have the captain back."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Chris Drury and the New York Rangers agreed to a multiyear contract extension on Wednesday, keeping him at the helm of the team's hockey operations after missing the playoffs for the first time since the 2020-21 season.

"I am pleased that Chris will continue to lead the Rangers hockey operations in his role as president and general manager," Madison Square Garden chairman and CEO James Dolan said in a statement. "Over his tenure, Chris has shown passion for the Rangers, relentless work ethic and a tireless pursuit of excellence.

"While we are all disappointed in what transpired this past season, I am confident in his ability to guide this organization to success."

Drury, 48, took over as general manager and president of hockey operations at the start of the 2021-22 season. The Rangers reached the playoffs in his first three seasons.

His future was one of a few items that remained in question, with the intent that the Rangers would use this offseason to reload in their bid to return to the playoffs. The team also is facing a third coaching search in four seasons after firing Peter Laviolette following his two seasons.

"I am honored to sign this contract extension and continue in this position with the team I grew up supporting," said Drury, a former Rangers captain who played four seasons with the team. "As I said when I began in this role nearly four years ago, there isn't a more special organization in hockey, and I look forward to continuing our work this offseason to help us reach our goals for next season and in the coming years."

After winning the Presidents' Trophy and reaching the Eastern Conference finals under Laviolette in the 2023-24 season, the Rangers started 12-4-1 this season, only to lose the next five games. That started a chain reaction of inconsistent play that ultimately led to the Rangers finishing six points out of the final Eastern Conference wild-card spot.

While the Rangers sought to make the playoffs, Drury also made it known they were open for business in December. That's when they traded captain Jacob Trouba, who still had a year left on his contract, to the Anaheim Ducks. A few weeks later, they traded Kaapo Kakko, the No. 2 pick in the 2019 NHL draft, to the Seattle Kraken for defenseman Will Borgen, who would then sign an extension with the Rangers.

A month before the trade deadline, the Rangers reacquired J.T. Miller in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks. The Rangers also traded defenseman Ryan Lindgren to the Colorado Avalanche and forward Reilly Smith to the Vegas Golden Knights while adding defensemen Carson Soucy in a separate deal with the Canucks.

Still, the Rangers lost four consecutive games in early March before having two three-game losing streaks that further damaged their chances in the Eastern Conference wild-card race.

Now that Drury has a new contract, he'll be charged with trying to improve a roster that PuckPedia projects will have only $9.67 million in available cap space. K'Andre Miller, Zac Jones and Matt Rempe are part of the club's eight-player restricted free agent class, while the Rangers have only two unrestricted free agents in Nicolas Aube-Kubel and Calvin de Haan.

Drury will be looking for a coach in what is expected to be a competitive market. Anaheim and Seattle also fired their coaches, and three other teams -- Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia -- ended the season with interim coaches. The Canucks declined the option on coach Rick Tocchet, but they have offered him a new, more lucrative contract.

Inter Miami CF has traded forward Robert Taylor to Austin FC for $750,000 in allocation money, the two clubs announced Monday.

Taylor, 30, joined Miami from Norwegian club Brann in 2022, one season before Lionel Messi came to the south Florida club.

The Finland-born attacker has made 91 appearances and scored 13 times for Miami since making the move to MLS and was a regular contributor on the star-studded team.

He joins an Austin FC side that is off to a great start in 2025, sitting second in the Western Conference with 16 points from its first nine games.

Carlo Ancelotti admitted that it will be "difficult" for David Alaba and Eduardo Camavinga to be fit for Real Madrid's Copa del Rey final clash with Barcelona on Saturday, after both picked up injuries in Wednesday's 1-0 win at Getafe.

Defender Alaba felt discomfort during the first half of the LaLiga game at the Coliseum, and was replaced by midfielder Camavinga, who left Madrid with ten men when he was unable to continue himself late on.

"We'll have to see tomorrow," Ancelotti said in his post-match news conference, when asked about Camavinga's chances of featuring in the cup final. "He and Alaba both had muscular discomfort. Recovery for Saturday will be difficult."

The Italian confirmed that, in the absence of Alaba and Camavinga, and with Ferland Mendy not yet fully recovered from injury, Fran García would be Madrid's only option at left-back on Saturday.

Madrid's win at Getafe saw them maintain the four-point margin behind Barcelona at the top of the LaLiga table, and going into the Copa final, as they look to bounce back from their elimination from the Champions League last week.

"It's a final," Ancelotti said, when asked if Barcelona could be considered favourites on Saturday. "Maybe there's a favourite, but in a final, anything can happen."

Ancelotti said he believes the long-term future of goalscorer Arda Güler -- who put Madrid ahead with a sweetly-struck shot in the 21st minute -- is in central midfield, rather than in a more advanced position.

"In a 4-4-2, he can't play in double pivot," Ancelotti said. "In that system, he can only play right-wing. In a 4-3-3, he can play as a midfielder. He works hard, he lacks a bit in the duels, but he has a lot of quality, not just with the goal, but how he manages the play. I think his future will be there, rather than further forward."

Wednesday's game at Getafe was briefly paused by the referee during the second half, after Madrid's Dani Ceballos was targeted by chants of "Ceballos, die" by the home crowd.

Ceballos was involved in a game when Getafe were relegated while playing for Real Betis in 2016, in which the midfielder was alleged to have made disparaging comments about the Madrid-based club.

LONDON -- Mikel Arteta admitted Arsenal "dropped our standards" in Wednesday's 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace, which leaves Liverpool on the brink of winning the Premier League.

Jean-Philippe Mateta's 83rd-minute equaliser denied Arsenal victory at Emirates Stadium, meaning Arne Slot's side only need a point against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to be crowned English champions for a record-equalling 20th time.

Arsenal took the lead through Jakub Kiwior's third-minute header before Eberechi Eze equalised on 27 minutes with a superb volley from Adam Wharton's corner.

Leandro Trossard restored Arsenal's advantage three minutes before the break but Arsenal were never convincing at the back and William Saliba's late error gave Mateta, on as a substitute just three minutes earlier, a chance he took brilliantly, beating David Raya from 30 yards as he scrambled back towards goal.

"We dropped our standards today and credit to Crystal Palace," Arteta said.

"We struggled to find consistency in the game. We gave the ball away in simple ways and we were late in everything we did. I am disappointed."

Trossard vowed Arsenal will deliver a much better display when hosting Paris Saint-Germain in Tuesday's Champions League semifinal first leg.

"The quality today wasn't there compared to our last game [a 4-0 win at Ipswich Town]," Trossard said.

"We were nowhere near that and we got punished. We need to raise the level with our big game coming up. It will be good to have six days now and prepare for this [PSG] game with 100% focus.

"It will be a different performance."

Palace remained in 12th place and have little to play for in the Premier League. They are, however, heading into an FA Cup semifinal game against Aston Villa on Saturday in better heart.

"It's important to keep this energy and confidence for the semifinal on Saturday," Palace manager Oliver Glasner said.

"It was not our goal to decide the title, it was our goal to win the game. I think a draw is a very good result. More important is the performance. We are back on the track."

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

LONDON -- There were fears Arsenal's season was over when Gabriel Magalhães was ruled out for the rest of the campaign at the beginning of April.

After all, the Gunners had been here before. Two years ago, Gabriel's center-back partner William Saliba sustained a knee injury at a similar point, which precipitated Arsenal's exit from Europe and the collapse of their Premier League hopes as Manchester City won the 2022-23 title.

Jakub Kiwior joined midway through that season from Spezia in a 20 million deal, and as someone new to the league, he was not entrusted with the responsibility of replacing Saliba.

Instead, Rob Holding partnered with Gabriel at the back as Arsenal faltered, winning just five of their final 11 games in a hugely disappointing end to the campaign.

This time, Kiwior has the opportunity to prove a capable deputy, and Wednesday's 2-2 draw against Crystal Palace raised as many questions as answers. Holding, incidentally, cannot even get into the Palace team these days and finds himself on loan at EFL Championship side Sheffield United.

First, the good news. Kiwior did his best to emulate Gabriel's potent goal threat, climbing highest to power a third-minute header past Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson from Martin Ødegaard's free kick.

It was his first league goal of the season and only the fourth of an Arsenal career in which he has had to demonstrate considerable patience watching on from the sidelines as Saliba and Gabriel formed one of the best center-back pairings in the world.

"Even when I was sitting on the bench, I could feel the help from the coach that he was always prepared for me," said Kiwior in the matchday program. "Especially now, when he needs me, I'm always 100% ready to help the team."

He might be ready, but is he good enough? Arsenal looked shaky at the back throughout this game, although there may have been several reasons for that, not least that both teams had an eye on their next match rather than this one, with the Gunners hosting Paris Saint-Germain back at Emirates Stadium in Tuesday's UEFA Champions League first leg of their semifinal tie. Palace face Aston Villa in Saturday's FA Cup semifinal at Wembley.

Arsenal simply cannot defend like this against PSG.

"We dropped our standards, and credit to Crystal Palace," Gunners boss Mikel Arteta said.

"We struggled to find consistency in the game. We gave the ball away in simple ways, and we were late in everything we did. I am disappointed."

The visitors equalized on 27 minutes with a set-piece goal of high quality. Adam Wharton floated a corner to Eberechi Eze on the edge of the box, and the England international controlled a fine volley that flew in off David Raya's left-hand post.

"We worked on it yesterday in training, but it didn't go so well then," said Palace boss Oliver Glasner.

Eddie Nketiah, formerly of the Gunners, caused problems throughout the first half without ever looking convincing in front of goal. He was denied by an excellent block from Kiwior just a few minutes after Eze's intervention. Arteta is always quick to remind anyone of the substantial injury problems Arsenal have suffered this season, and in a similar manner to the responsibility Kiwior possesses in defence, Leandro Trossard likely now has in attack.

Season-ending injuries to Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus had made midfielder Mikel Merino an unlikely hero as a makeshift center-forward, but Thomas Partey's suspension for the first leg against PSG will force a rethink.

Arteta has given nothing away, but the logical move would be to move Merino back into midfield and give Trossard the chance to lead the line, as he did at Ipswich Town last weekend and against Palace here.

Trossard's 42nd-minute strike was deflected past Henderson, but also a reward for his clever movement inside the box to create the opening after good build-up play from Jurriën Timber. After his brace against Ipswich, Trossard has now scored in back-to-back games for the first time since November.

While Kiwior might be the unknown quantity in Arsenal's backline, it was, in fact, the normally reliable Saliba who was guilty of gifting Palace a route back into the game seven minutes from time.

He dawdled in possession, allowing substitute Jean-Philippe Mateta the chance to beat Raya from 30 yards as he scrambled back toward goal. Mateta did so superbly, kissing the underside of the bar with his effort as it found the net.

Liverpool still need a point against Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday to be crowned champions, but the title race has been over for some time, so Saliba's mistake did not matter. Neither did his error in the second leg of their quarterfinal tie against Real Madrid, when a slip of remarkable similarity allowed Vinícius Júnior to score and briefly threaten a revival.

However, it did condemn Arsenal to their 13th draw of the season. Only Everton (14) have recorded a higher number in the league, and in the Gunners' case, they have surrendered a lead on nine of those 13 occasions. Those 16 dropped points look awfully damaging in the context of Liverpool's 12-point lead.

"We haven't been able to see the games off for many reasons, and the margins have been too small," Arteta admitted.

"Sometimes that's when I credit the opposition, it's also true that we played five times with ten men. There are a lot of factors, but obviously it's something that we've done much better in the past, especially when we've been ahead in games."

PSG will likely be unforgiving opponents. More is needed when the Champions League resumes if Arsenal are not to lament their injuries as another season passes without the ending they crave.

The Detroit Lions have agreed to a four-year, $86 million extension with All-Pro safety Kerby Joseph, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Wednesday.

The deal makes Joseph the highest-paid safety in NFL history with an average of $21.5 million per year. That surpasses the $21 million deal for Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. and the $19.1 million deal for Los Angeles Chargers safety Derwin James Jr.

Joseph will be entering his fourth season in the league after the Lions selected him in the third round of the 2022 draft.

He led the NFL with nine interceptions last season, tied for the most by any Lions player of the last 50 years (Jimmy Allen also had nine in 1981). That included a pick-six in a 24-14 win at Green Bay on Nov. 3. He also was third on the team with 83 tackles.

Joseph led the NFL in passer rating allowed in coverage last season. He also allowed the third-lowest completion percentage, according to Next Gen Stats.

Information from ESPN Research was used in this report.

A federal judge told the NCAA and its members Wednesday that she would not approve the multibillion-dollar antitrust settlement that is expected to reshape the business of college sports unless they change a proposed policy for limiting roster sizes.

Judge Claudia Wilken said the NCAA's insistence on immediately implementing roster limits would cause some college athletes to lose their spot on their current teams and that she could not approve a settlement that would cause harm to some members of the plaintiff's class. She wrote that she did not have issues with any other parts of the proposed settlement and that the court "tentatively finds it can grant final approval" to the remainder of the settlement if the roster limits issue is resolved.

Wilken had suggested during a hearing for settlement approval earlier this month that the NCAA should consider delaying its new roster size rules to "grandfather in" current athletes.

"Those class members will be harmed because their roster spot will be or has been taken away as a result of the immediate implementation of the settlement agreement," Wilken wrote in her order Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the NCAA said the association was still reviewing the judge's order when reached for comment Wednesday night.

The NCAA has agreed to pay roughly $2.8 billion in damages to past and current athletes to settle three federal antitrust lawsuits that claim the association's rules have limited the athletes' earning potential in various ways. The deal, commonly referred to as the House settlement after lead plaintiff Grant House, also would create a system for schools to pay players directly, starting this summer.

In exchange, the NCAA would be allowed to limit how much each school can spend on its athletes per year -- an effective salary cap that is expected to start at roughly $20.5 million per school and increase annually during the 10-year lifespan of the deal. Several objectors who spoke at the hearing in Oakland, California, earlier this month asked Wilken to reject the settlement because it could lead to the elimination of thousands of roster spots on Division I teams across the country. The NCAA's current rules place limits on the number of scholarships that each team can give to its players. That rule will go away if the settlement is approved, meaning a school can provide a full scholarship to every one of its athletes if it chooses to do so.

To keep the wealthiest schools from stockpiling talent, the NCAA has proposed to instead limit the number of players each team can keep on its roster. Many teams would have to cut current athletes from their rosters to comply with the proposed limits.

The NCAA and the defendant conferences argued that it was not practical to change their plans for roster limits now because some schools have already starting cutting players to prepare for the expected change, among other reasons. Wilken rebuked this logic in her ruling Wednesday.

"Any disruption that may occur is a problem of Defendants' and NCAA members schools' own making," Wilken wrote.

Many schools have been proceeding under an assumption that the settlement would be finalized in time for its new rules -- including direct payment to athletes -- to go into effect starting this July. Earlier this week, the NCAA's Division I Board of Directors voted to eliminate more than 100 current rules from its handbook if the settlement is approved.

The judge issued her order as many conference commissioners were attending a College Football Playoff annual spring meeting at a Ritz-Carlton near Dallas. Several commissioners left the closed-door meeting during a break with cellphones pressed to their ears and one commissioner saying he needed to contact his general counsel, ESPN's Heather Dinich reported. All commissioners declined to comment.

Steve Berman, co-lead attorney for the plaintiffs, told ESPN on Wednesday that he believes the NCAA will change its mind on roster limits because that is the only remaining obstacle to the industry-shifting settlement being approved.

"There is this one last issue. Given the leverage we now have -- that the NCAA and defendants understand if we don't fix this then we're off to trial -- I'm confident they'll see the light," Berman said.

Berman said he and his co-counsel Jeffrey Kessler would be fine with Wilken's suggestion to gradually introduce roster limits.

Gannon Flynn, a freshman swimmer at Utah, said he was glad to see the judge took the concerns of athletes seriously. Flynn was one of several objectors who spoke about roster limits during the approval hearing earlier this month. He said Utah's coaching staff informed him that he was losing his spot on the team as a direct result of the roster limits proposed in the House settlement.

"I think it's a great compromise to allow the athletes that are currently in sports to finish their eligibility without being hurt by the settlement," Flynn told ESPN. "I'm very glad the judge recognized that in its current form athletes will get hurt."

Wilken ordered both sides to meet with each other and the settlement's mediator in the next two weeks to discuss modifying the settlement to address her concerns. Berman said he believes attorneys from both sides will plan to submit something new to the judge before the end of April. Both sides are eager to gain the judge's approval to avoid a trial and to provide time for schools to implement plans to start paying athletes this summer.